Starless Dusk Pregame

[Daiwa Scarlet]

"Such a silly familiar. There there, the phoenix can make the pain go away."
*Satone waves the wand over the rolling creature and draws a magic circle over it*

[Exusiai]

"M-Mishy!" Nanashi shouts in concern as the creature collapses onto the floor.
Gathering the remains of potato chips, Nanashi proceeds to become increasingly frantic with each passing moment.  He rushes to the flailing mascot with the opened aluminum wrapping.
The boy's eyes dart in a looping motion as he reads the nutritional facts listed on the back of the bag of junk food.
In his own uncertainty, Nanashi removes a whole potato chip from the depths of the bag; he raises the chip as if it were a syringe.
Words become audible through Nanashi's frantic mumbling: "What was I supposed to do again if someone hurt themselves?!  D-Do you need to eat something?  How about junk food?  I-It's really good!  It's Earth's greatest achievement!"

As if remembering that junk food does not have healing properties, Nanashi intently stares at the disc-shaped object propped between his fingers.  A second passes before he puts the potato chip back into the disposable bag.

"I guess my words wouldn't have been enough to make you feel better," the boy mutters dejectedly.
"It's only my opinion, but I think that mischief can also make people happy.  Like harmless pranks—they have good intentions and everyone's happy at the end of the episode!" the boy tilts his head as he awkwardly chuckles, "When my old friends at school made fun of me, they were happy, and because they were my friends, I was happy too."

[John Dark Souls]

After few more rolls left and right, Mishy finally stops as if realizing something and finishes listening to Satone and Nanashi. Mishy then sits up, and while hugging his tail slowly turns around and looks at everyone in the room confused.


"Uhm... What is this place..? What was Mishy doing here again..? And you all are..?"

[Daiwa Scarlet]

"Nihahaha. Did the fire spirits take your memories? I'm afraid this isn't something that the phoenix can bring back."

[John Dark Souls]

Mishy tilts his round head ever so slightly to side thinking while nervously brushing his tail with his paws(?).

"Memories..? Hmm, lets see, Mishy was just spending the day playing with children in Mishelam Wonderland, when he got news of another amusement park opening up in Iraq..? No, wait, it was Avrak City... Then Mishy headed there on a strange train, and then... And then... Mishy woke up here just now..? This is so strange... Mi-shiiiiiii..."

[The City [EclipseZwolf]]

-The sound of the front door opening can be heard along with the muttering of several voices-


? ? ?: "Harumph! Well that took longer than expected. Finally its time to find out how in the world this place works."



? ? ?: "Haha, Come now! Lets just go on inside. What wonders are in store here!"



Owen: "Indeed, lets not keep Ms. Lord waiting on us to find a way through this door. Forward as one!"



Yoff: "..."



-Trailing behind the bizarre cast comes the cloaked woman who led you hear, unlike before, where she turned and left, this time she enters and closes the door behind her. A quiet mumbling can be heard as she seems to count heads in the room-


? ? ?: "There we go, that should be plenty! Any issues here?"

-She pointedly looks at the other Lords as she asks the question as Itriot responds-

Itriot: "None Overlord. They are a rowdy bunch, but such a group of individuals will surely find one deserving of the title Starless Lord!"

-She glances over at Silver Mask as if to confirm this fact, he quietly nods, agreeing without a word. At this she moves over to the fireplace, notices the bottle of Vodka.-

? ? ?: "Ah, how convenient. On point as ever Itriot."

-She proceeds to pour herself a shot and down it in an instant, lifting her mask up just enough to slip the glass through-

? ? ?: "Alright, now where to begin...."

[Monika]

"Hey everyone, nice to meet you all! I'm Monika! That's it! Just Monika. I hope we can all get along!"

[John Dark Souls]

Mishy looks at Overlord who just entered puzzled and mumbles to self.

"Oh..? Mishy feels like he has seen them somewhere before... Hmmmm... Nah, must be just Mishy's imagination~"

Mishy gets up and shakes his to sides as if to shake away needless thoughts and looks at Monika.

"Hello Monika! Mishy is Mishy~ A friendly mascot of Mishelam Wonderland! Mishy doesn't quite understand how he got here, but lets get along!"

[Daiwa Scarlet]

"Nihahaha. So the adventure finally begins."

*Satone waves her wand and hovers back over to yusha. She locks arms with him and plops down to listen the tale.*

[Xaniks]

Caster takes a shot of vodka in style.

"Welcome back, milady. Enlighten us all."

[Exusiai]

Kneeling beside the confused grey creature known as Mishy, Nanashi's attention is quickly diverted to the front door as six figures enter the room.
Although the woman adorned in a cloak and mask was the only individual Nanashi immediately recognized, he hummed in mild astonishment.  The boy's vision followed one of the newcomers, a man with greying hair and an array of medals on his uniform.  "... He looks really familiar, but I don't remember meeting him before.  I feel like I shouldn't have forgotten him, though," Nanashi mutters under his breath.

His brows furrow as he attempts to connect the familiar face with a missing or incomplete data in his memory.
"I'll try to do this without reading numbers!  From appearance, he looks like a high-ranking official.  He looks pretty smart too, and he's probably several times my age," Nanashi continues mumbling without any regard to the people within earshot, "I definitely haven't seen him recently, so maybe he's..."

Nanashi's voice raises by several decibels as he triumphantly announces, "I think I got it now!"
"Oh, that's right!  I have to make a good impression first."  Taking a moment to smooth the creases from his own cloak, Nanashi proceeds to approach the man, well into his fifties.  With a sincere smile, Nanashi gives a sharp bow; he soon reverts to a standing position as his voice reaches a yelp: "Hello, my name is Yoshi Nanase!  You may not remember me later on, but I look forward to meeting you again, future dad!"

[The City [EclipseZwolf]]

Owen: "Oh, Hello young one. My name is Owen."
-He responds with a slight bow of his own-
Owen: "A pleasure to make your acquaintance, however strange your words and these circumstances may be. I hope our future meeting you mentioned will be under more normal circumstances."

[Daiwa Scarlet]

"Future dad... A time traveler?.."

*Satone glances at the Mishy thing*

"An alien... and... what else..."



*She looks around more before pausing on Rikka*

"Perhaps an esper?.. Was this what... she had been seeking the whole time..."

[Exusiai]

Nanashi accepts Ownen's introduction with a gleeful grin. His expression becomes more perplexed as Owen raises his head from the bow.
"That's a bit different from what she told me. Well, I guess that's good for me then," the boy muses aloud.
Enthralled by his own reasoning, Nanashi nods to himself before shouting, "I-I'm not sure how to say this, but this is something I see in television dramas."

Nanashi visibly inhales and exhales.  He retains his posture through inklings of determination, but nonetheless, Nanashi closes his eyes as he blurts, "Err- I hope we can maintain a good relationship in those better circumstances, but th-this is may be the best chance to ask: Can I have your daughter's hand in marriage?"

Nanashi pries his eyes open.  His eyes search Owen's face for any response, even a non-verbal one.
The gears begin to click in Nanashi's head as, in a flustered manner, he apologizes, "I'm sorry!  This must have sounded really weird.  Maybe 'marriage' isn't the right term; she would be my age by then.  I-I'll try to rephrase it!  Although this may not make sense for another eight years, please, allow me to date your daughter in the future!"

[The City [EclipseZwolf]]

-Owen laughs softly and responds-
Owen: "Keep your chin up and work hard, then as long as she likes you to it won't bother me. Hard work will get you to where you want to go, just keep that in mind."

-As Owen addresses Nanashi and the Overlord ponders, Pierrick cartwheels over towards Mishy-



-He comes out of his cartwheel at speed and proceeds to start poking and prodding Mishy, taking extra time to tug on the tail and ears-
Pierrick: "Oh! Oh! Oh my! What in the world are you! You're wonderfully soft like a cat, but who fed you to get you this big! Haha!"
-Before giving Mishy a chance to respond his poking ceases and he continues to basically fly around the room looking at everything and poking anyone who isn't boring-



-Lennox taps his finger to his arm impatiently and stares pointedly at the Overlord-
Lennox: "So, What exactly are we doing here?"


-The Overlord ignores him and ponders a little while long before suddenly clapping her hands together-

? ? ?: "Eager to get out of here I see. Some things need to stew though, rushing won't fix things. To begin with I need to introduce myself."

Cessair: "My name is Cessair. I have been declared Starless Overlord and will be overseeing your trial to join the Starless Lords. You all will follow the ancient rules laid down by the Starless King and participate in the Black Clash to determine who among you is worthy to ascend to Lord. Your goal in the Black Clash is simple, though achieving it will be no simple task."

-Cessair rubs her hands together gives a long slow look around the room-

Cessair: "Survive until the Clash is Over."

-Cessair stops talking and looks at everyone as if this explains everything, before rapidly pouring and taking another shot-

Cessair: "Any Questions?"